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New Understanding of Ionic Interactions With Graphene and Water Could Improve Water Purification Processes and Electric Energy Storage

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A research team led by Northwestern engineers and Argonne National Laboratory researchers have uncovered new findings into the role of ionic interaction within graphene and water. The insights could inform the design of new energy-efficient electr...

Dec 28, 2020

Flexible hybrid sensor systems with feedback functions

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An overview of feedback-driven, skin-like multifunctional sensor systems, from the basic material/structural design to applications. Emerging functional nanomaterials and innovative structures for constructing flexible sensors are highlighted, fol...

Dec 28, 2020

Industry collaboration leads to important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer

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One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universities and in small n...

Dec 28, 2020

High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins

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Kanazawa University's pioneering high-speed atomic force microscope technology has now shed light on the structure and dynamics of some of life's most ubiquitous and inscrutable molecules - intrinsically disordered proteins. The study is...

Dec 28, 2020

Atomic-Scale Nanowires for Next-Generation Electronics

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Scalable synthesis of transition metal chalcogenide nanowires for next-gen electronics. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition... The post Atomic-Scale Nanowires for Nex...

Dec 27, 2020

Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production With a New Nanomaterial

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A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source. Hydrogen is a... The post Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production With a New Nanomaterial appeared first on SciT...

Dec 26, 2020

Building a Quantum Network Using Tiny Nanoscale Nodes

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New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of... The post Building a Quantum Network Using Tiny Nanoscale Nodes appeared first on SciTechDaily.

Dec 26, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Understanding nanoparticle entry mechanism into tumors

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Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration journal. In this commentary the authors Phei Er Saw and Sangyong Jon from Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China and the Korea Advanced Institute of...

Dec 26, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Theory describes quantum phenomenon in nanomaterials: Osaka City University scientists have developed mathematical formulas to describe the current and fluctuations of strongly correlated electrons in quantum dots. Their theoretical predictions could soon be tested experimentally

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Theoretical physicists Yoshimichi Teratani and Akira Oguri of Osaka City University, and Rui Sakano of the University of Tokyo have developed mathematical formulas that describe a physical phenomenon...

Dec 26, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale: Scalable synthesis of transition metal chalcogenide nanowires for next-gen electronics

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition. By changing the substr...

Dec 26, 2020

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